Multiunit tank car



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MULTIUN IT TANK CAR Filed NOV. 14, 1951 jrra/iwfy Patented July 11, 1933 i UNTFED STATE Parar 'FFC y vieron WILLOUGHBY, or nineiiwoon, new' JERSEY, Assenoaro Anriinicnn can. l AND roUNnnYcoMrAnY, or new YORK, kn. Y.; A con'rcitfrrron or New JERSEY MULTIUNIT TANK can Application filed November 14, 1931.,A Serial No. 575,014.

This invention relates to anchorage means for multiple unit tank cars and has for o ne of its objects to provide simple and reliable devices for joining the chimes of adjacent tanks directly to eachother and simultaneously securing the tanks to the frame of the car. By the means employed relative rolling of a plurality of tanks transversely arranged on the frame is positively preventedV and the tanks are boundfirmly against rotation as.

well as against longitudinal or transverse shifting. l e

Another object is to cradle the tanks aty or near the longitudinal central region of the car and secure the cradled tanks in a ,row by devices opposite the chimed ends of two adjacent tanks.

A further object is in form of anchor for the chimes of adjacent tanks whereby operation of the means employed for setting the anchor in holding position effectsa progressively increasing biting action on the adjacent chimes with a resultant maximum of security.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out particularly as the de-V scription of one preferred embodiment of the invention proceeds. v e f rlhe invention accordingly consists in the vvarious features of construction7 combinations of elementsand arrangementsof parts which willbe exemplified by the construction hereinafter set forth and shown fin the accompanying drawing,

5 applicationv of which will be indicated inthe lappended claims. l i In the drawing Figure 1 isa fragmentary view in side elevation 'of a multiple unit tank car embod ing the invention. j Parts. of the frame are roken away to show more clearly the means for cradling the `tanks.

Fig. 2 is a'fragmentary plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 1. derstood that the anchorage devices shown in 45 Fig. 2 are duplicated at the opposite ends of the tanks. y Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross sectional view showing the longitudinal beam construction and the manner of cradling the tanks so they 59 are supported on the beam.

the` provision of a Y and the scope of they It is to be un- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary Viewv showingithe anchorage device in'vertical central cross section. n V l. -V n. Referringnow more particularly to the drawings, a flat car frame isindicated generally -at 10, comprising a Ylongitudinal sill or beam 11 consisting of spaced channelsv 12 suitablytied transversely as indicated atl`13 and assembled with top cover plate 14, form` f ing a beam orgirder extending centrally between the ends of the car. Longitudinal sills 16 are spaced outwardly from the Central sill or beam-at opposite sides of thecar and the sills are connected by bolsterslk and suitable transverse sills 18 at opposite ends of the car. Mounted on the side sills 16 are cev running boards 2()l inatchedat their opposite ends with transverse end boards 21. Y. Suitf able sheet metal flooring 22 is attached to the top ofthe holsters 17 and to thecentral chanc nels 12 over the top plate 14. I Y

1n order to position a multiplicity of tanks in substantially .parallel arrangement trans-f versely of the car andv support them principally by the longitudinal central beam-or sill, cradle frames 30 are riveted in spacedl longitudinal relation-to the upper flanges of the channels 12. Each frame comprises a pair of brackets 31 and onel or more cross ties 32. The bracketsare formed with curved tank receiving portions or seats 33 whereby the brackets of spacedvadjacent kframes cooperate to cradle acylindrical tank. A

The invention is particularly designed-for use with tanks having Vchimed ends, and

anchorage means for the cradled row of-'tanks is provided at spaced pointsA along theends of the tanks a proximately opposite the space occurring w ere chimedportions of adjacent cylindricaltanks diverge downwardly. Each anchorage consists of a support l0 in the form of anV angle member common to all of the anchorage 22 and bolsters 17. vThe anglellO is so arranged that the horizontal flange thereof is adapted to serve as tions of the tanks, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. Spaced angle pieces 41 are riveted to the upstanding flange of the common angle member Ll() and the lassembly is provided with aboX- devices and riveted to the flooring a support forthe end'por- Y The body like pressing 42.l Through suitable lopenings in the upper wall of the pressing 42 and the is projected having its head'44 within the member 42 vand close enough to the walls thereof to limit the rotation of the bolt.v A pin 45 is passed through the side walls of the pressing 42 slightly below the bolt head preventing' the bolt from fallingvout of its prof jected position. A body member or yoke '46 is arranged above the angle member' 4l and is slotted at 47 to Vreceive the shank of `bolti.

has spaced engaging members or lips 48 which are shaped generally to con1 form to the inner faces of the diverging lower chime portions of adjacent tanks. A' nut 50 is threaded on the upper endlof bolt43 and bears against a Washer 51 loosely arranged over the bolt and bearing on the upper surface of the yoke 46. The yoke is provided withdepending portions or ledges52 and 53 which limit the rotativemovement thereof on the angle member 41. By the construction described, looseningof the nut on bolt 43 peru mits the yoke member to be moved vertically a substantial distance and horizontal movement of the yoke member with respect to the supporting means is then possible by reason of the bolt'and slot connection described. To release the anchor means from the tanks these movements areeffected. In securingthetanks by the-anchor means the tanks are positioned in the cradles, the yoke members 46urged inwardly and the nut is screwed on the threads of bolt 43 and secured in home position by lock nut 54. The lower face of the yoke member is provided with a fulcrum por: tion 55 bearing'ion the angle member 4lv at a point outside the application of pressure by nut 50. This causes theengaging members or lips 48 of the yoke member to be forced against the diverging chime portions of the adjacent tanks with particular effect.

vBy the construction described the tanks are 1 securely bound in their cradlesand supported substantially directly on the longitudinal central beam. The tanks are also tied'd'irectly together at their ends and the forcing of the tilted or fulcrum yoke member against the diverging chimes of the tanks constitutes a particularly effective securing means which prevents any relative rolling or rotation of any of the tanks. Y Y

While the anchorages for the end tanks of the row are slightly different from the intermediate anchorages in thatthey omit vone of upper'flange of angle member 4l a bolt 43 the engaginglips and therefore -the body member is not strictly a yoke, the general construction of these end anchor members is the same as the intermediate anchor except as noted and no more particular description of the end anchor members is necessary. l

In operation the chimed tanks are ,de-V posited on the fram-e and flooring in cradled relation, the tightening nuts .of the anchorage having iirst been suitably loosened and the yoke members withdrawn to permit introduction of the tanks. The yoke members are then individually projected inwardly to engage the lower diverging chime portions of adjacently arranged tanks and nuts 50 are screwed up tightly. It is to be noted that the direction'of the application of pressure incident to the screwing.` up of the nut 50 is in opposition to the resistance of the curved tank receivingv portions 33 ofy the cradle .frames 30 so that the tanks are by this operation forced securely against the cradle frames and simultaneously tied to each other.

yWhat is claimedis: Y l. In a multiple tank car,-a frame comprisingv a longitudinal central beam, means lfor cradling a row of tanks on said beam, and anchor devices loosely attach-ed to the frame having Y said anchor devices comprisingspaced members each respectively positioned to engage chimes ofA adjacent tanks to tie them directly to each other as the anchor is tightened. 2. `In a multi-unit tank car, an underframe provided with a. center sill, cradle members substantially vertically alined with and ses cured to the center sill eachadapted to sup-V port a tank transversely of the underframe, and anchors supported In `witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

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provision for being tightened thereon,

for su) ortinof t p b he byk the underframe adjacent the end portions of the tanks and within the .end por- 

